Phonograph



1A. P. coNsALE.

PHoNoGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22| 191B.

1 ,359,966, v Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

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UNITED STATES/PATENT ormoni@ y TOEN r. ooNsTABLE, 0E WEST oEENGE, NEW JERSEY, AssreNoE To NEW JERSEY Pi-irEN'r COMPANY, vor WEsr oaaNeENE-w JERsEY, A coaEoaA'rioN on NEW JERSEY.-

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` EEIONOGEAPH.

Specification of LettersvPatei/it.' Patnte-NoV. 23, lgjo.

original application inea Yrune2i, i915, seriai No. 35,265. nivideaana this application mea M fch 22, y 121s. seriai No. 223,899. i v.

To alltolwm it may concern: i lBe it known that I, JOHN' P. CoNs'rABLE, a. citizen of the United States, and a resi# dent of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, EssexA county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Phonovgraphs, of which the following 1s a descrip- This` application isa division of my coe pending'applic'ation Serial No.4 35, 265, iiled J une 21, 1915, entitled Phonographsor'ta'lky ing machines which has resulted 1n Patent No. 1,265,179, dated May?, 191e.

invention .relates to phonographs and more'particularly to phonographsin' whichV the reproducerjis caused Vto move across the record `by mechanical feeding means.

The PlnCPal'bjeCf 0f my invention? is to provide improved means for controllingl the mechanical feeding means, to' render the same operative'or inoperative, and vfor controlling' themovement 'of the reproducer stylu's'to 'a nd from loperative position with.

' reference to therecord surface.V Y

Other objects of my invention will appear more fully in the' `following specications and appended claims...

In order that my invention be more ing part of this specification, and in which:

clearly understood, attention is herebyv directed to the accompanying drawing formligure 1 represents a view partly'fin elevation and partly Ain `section showing the preferred embodiment ofv my inventiongand `Fig.2, represents a view ina perspective of parts of the'device shown in Fig. 1.'.

Referring to Fig 1, thereproducer `1 is KV'provided vwith a oatingweight 2 which is connected to the body of the reproducer by a spring connection?, permitting `riiovement of, the floating weight upwardly andl downwardly with respect to the body of the reproducen. T he tloatingweight carries a reproducer stylus. .11 which -inay vbe supported by a lever connected to the diaphragm ofthe reproducer inthe mannershown. in U; patent to Thomasri. Edison,- l\l0. 1,055,621.

. vThe stylus L is arranged to track a record 5 carried by the mandrel 6l which is Yrotatably supported upon a bed-plate 7, the latter being carried by brackets 8 .secured to the'incabinet. The mandrel 6 and the/record carl side of the cabinet 9. A-coverlOis hinged,

as shown at 11, to the body-.portion of the 18 connected to ried thereby may be vrotatedby'a`-motor shown -at l2. The reproducen is' carried' in 'a horizontal position in the traveling'car'- riage 14 which vis pivoted-v atv one' end toa rod Y15 extending throughout the length of i.

Vthe mandrel 6.' lThejother end of the.v cfarf riage `ll'rests upon a straight Iedgefl The motorA has connected thereto a rotatablel l .feed screwlTi which is engaged byv a haffut p the traveling carriage-ina manner 'to be more fully described. The

end of .the "traveling carriagewhichfis piv- 'oted tothe rod l5 has a Isubstantially verti- .calportion 19 lagainst the inner'surfacejof whichA Va member 20, is V preferably 'slida'bly4k `Y mountedpby means of. headed] screws` '21- which-are ysecured to tle'said portion19and pass through yelongated s 'lo ber 20. The lower portion of tongue28 toV which the feed nutr 18 vis'coii-v ivardly extending tongue 25 whichgis. threaded a screw ,2 6 arranged to engagethe under sideof thefloatingweight 2 when they reproducer stylus is `disengaged from the record. The s lideZ()V is biased toits lowermost Positionir-r'e'fefably brtieans ifa spring. f 127 Secured to vciambelle 22. .which 15ers` on, the underside of thejpartf19 and ztenvds'gto hold the slide 2O in suchposition. For. ele- -vatin'g tl`ie1 sli de, I preferably provide a member 28 rotatably mountedin a" boss`l'29`r I- extending from thepo'rtion 19 of the traveling carriage, the memberv 28' b"eii 1g formedA with ay handle yor linger-piece y3 0 arranged atai'iangle to the body portion. thereofforrotating the` same. v .The rear or innerendgf,k

of the member 28 is provided with a pin ory projection 31,-.the axis ,of which .is parallel .to butfeccentric Vwith respect .tojtheiaxis the member v'28, the slide,A is elevatedor de- .Within a.. horizontal slot 32 formed on`. t 11e f slide 20 so thatv upon` rotaryinovementxof 1 pressed, Ydepending upon the direction fof movement of the .member 28; A' A-:screw 33'. Y

end arranged within an annular groove 34 in .they part 28 'holdstheA latter 'againstl longif tudinal-movement in the said boss.k

Q When the slide'20 "is-in its lowermostpo sition, asfshownin Fig. 2, the-feed nut 1.811,9

. is desired to stop the .feeding movementV of l Y p Y ried thereby across the record surface, the

is in engagement with the feed screw 17, and the screw 26 is 'below and out of en gagement` with the' floating weight 2, the stylus 4 resting upon the surface of the record 5. l'Vith the parts in this posit-ion, the rotation of the feed screw causes the trav.- eling carriage to move along the rod and thestraight edge 16, the reproducer moving rectilinearly in a horizontal Yplane to cause the stylus to traverse the record. When it Y theV reprodueer longitudinally of rthe record and to disengage thestylus V4 from the Y record surface', thenieinber 3G is turned in a clockwise direction, viewing the phonograph from vthe front,y so `as "to cause the Yelevation of ,the slide 20. This elevation of the .slide "c 'auses a disengageinent of the nut18 from 'the' screw 17 and also causes the screwf26 to engage the under side of the fioating weight and to elevate the same and lift the stylus out of engagement with the record. The

lslot 32 is not long enough topermit a coniplete rotation ofthe member 30, preferably being oflsuch length that one lend thereof will beengaged by the pinBl after the lat -ter hasV been moved. ayery slight distance past itsuppermost or dead center position f in turning the member 30 to `elevate the slide 20. A lt 'will be apparent that immediately upon' the pin passing `its uppermostor dead centrerpo'sition, the spring 2'? willy act to quickly lower the slide 20 the slight distance knecessary to carry the pin 31`to the end of e5A f held or locked in vinoperative position by the g Vslot 32. 'The parts will then be yieldingly 'spring 27 kwith the pin 31 seated in one end `Vofthe' slot 32.- VThe carriage v14 and the members carriedthereby can now be moved by hand along the'precordto any desired -positioii The parts may agaii'ibe brought A baclrinto operative position by turning the part 30 in the opposite direction so as to "l effect -the lowering` 'of the slide 2O to thepo-v sition" shown in Fig. 2.

Thesound coni'ieyer employed byy me is preferably: entirely free from flexible joints.

A'It is provided'at its smaller end with a substantially horizontally extending portion 35 Vtalneck ofthe' reproducer` The sound con- `Ve'yerextends',V from the portion 35, the axis which:isrotatablymounted upon a horizon- I' ofVV which fis above the .record support and the `fmotor, downwardly past the record support 55 andV 'motor in a substantially'vertical direc- V-tion, as shown at'36, andterminates in a substantially horizontalportion Bpassing under the motor.v The mouth' of the amplifier is arranged opposite an opening'BS in the front wallV of the cabinet.` When the cover 106s closed, Vas shown in Fig. 1, all of the phonographic kmeelianism^is inclosed within the cabinet. rSecured to the bottom of the f cabinet adjacent the largeorr eXit end of --the sound conveyer is a bracket 39 which is provided with Va vertically extending portion40 having formed therein a straight vertical slot (not shown) throughy which passes a liorizontal'pivot pin. 42 which 1s secured within the horn at the bottom of the outer end thereof. T he pivot 42 carries adjacent the outer end thereof a washer 43 which bears against the outside of the portion 40 of the Vbracket and is held in place on the said pivot by a nut 44. During the travel of the reproducer and thestylus caroutei orexit portion of the horn is constrained by the pivot, 42 and the portiony 40 of the bracketBQ toA remain in a position substantially opposite the opening 38 in the of the pivot 42, and inasmuch-as the portion .'35 of. the hornalways remains in Ythesame horizontal plane, the pivot 42 VVand the portion of the horn to which the samefis conf nected also move bodily upwardly and downmy' invention,y it is` to VbeY understood that l ain Vnot limited totheV particular details shown and described.

cabinet. During the said'movementof the reproducer, the horn or sound conveyer rmoves laterally about the horizontal' axis Having now described my' invention, what Y l claim as new anddesii'e to :protectby Letters Patent is as, follows: I, A' 1. In al phonograph, the combination of a record support, a reprodueer having a stylus,

a mountingin which saidreproduceris di-v reetlysupported, a slide on said reproducer mounting, lmeans for rproducing a relative feeding movement between said reproducer support and said recordsupport, saidmeans comprisinga member carried. by said slide,

and means `for shifting said slide'toicause vksaid stylus to'move away froml said record support and to Vcause 4said member to move into inoperativeV position, substantially as described. f i

2. In a phonograplnkthe `combination of a record support, a' reproducer having'a stylus, a support forsaid reproducer, a slide on said 'reproducer' s'upport,lmeans for producing a relative feeding movement betweenl said reproducer `support and said record support, said means Vcomprising a member carried by said slide, and means'comprisi'ng a member pivoted on said'reproducersupport'and havingyan k'eccentric connection with said slide so as to effect the shifting of said slide when turned on itslpivot to cause said ystylusto move awayk from said record support and'to cause said member to move into inoperative position, substantially 3 as described. v

3.' ln a phonograph', the combination of a'jrecord support, a sound boxV havinga stylus, la support forsaid sound box, a dei vicemo'vable relatively to said fsou'nd box support, means tending to holdthe-s'aid devi'ceiir a given-position' relative to sa1dsound box support, means for producing a relative feeding movement between said sound box support and said'record support,

comprising an element carried by said device, and means for shifting said device to another position to thereby cause movement of said stylus and said element to inoperative position, said holding means coacting with said shifting means to lock said device in the latter position, substantially as de-:

scribed.

Y 4. 'Inv a phonograph, the combination yof ya record' support, a sound box having a stylus and mounted in coperative relation Vto said support, a device movable .relatively to said sound box and adapted to control the movement of the stylus to and from operative position, ymeans tending to hold said device in a position in which the stylus is in operative positioinand means coacting with said holding means to effect the locking of said device in another position in which the stylus is held thereby in inoperative posi,

tion', substantially as described.

5. In a phonograph, the combination of a recordsupporn aV sound box having al stylus and mounted in cooperative relation to said support, means for producing a relative feeding movement between the sound box and record support, a device movable to two positions to thereby render said means op erative and inoperative, means tending to hold said device inl one of said positions, and

Vmeans coacting with said holding means to effect the lockingof the device in the other .of said positions, substantially as described.

6. In a phonograph, the combination of a recordrsupport, a sound boxhaving Va` stylus and mounted ,in coperative relation to' said support, means for producing a relative feeding movement between the sound box and record support, a device movableto` two. positions to thereby render said means operative and inoperative, means tending to hold saidv device in the position in'which the feeding means is rendered operative, and. means with which' saidV holding meansco-v facts to yieldingly lock the' device inthe Y other position, substantially as described.

1 7. In a phonograph, the combinationv of a record support, afsound box having a'v stylus and mounted in coperative relation to said support, a device movable to vtwo poY sitions in one of which the stylus VVis held thereby in inoperative position and in theV other of which the stylus is in operative position, means constantly tending to hold said 'said positions, substantially as described@ 8; In aphonograph-, .theA combination of" record support, a soundfboxhaving 1a.

stylus, lmeans for producing arelative feed- *ing movement* between-said f record v supportand sound box, "a device for controlling the v 4.

feeding means and lstylus and movable to two positions, inone of which the feeding ydevice ,ingone' of said positions, andmeans e with which said holding Vmeans coacts 'to effect thel locking of saidA device in the other of means is rendered inoperative andthe stylus is heldin inoperative positionV andinthe dered operative and the stylus is in :operative .other of .which 4the feeding vmeans is ren'- 'l y position, means constantly tending to' holdy said device in one of said two'positions, and

means with whichsaid holding means'cof acts to effectthe locking of said device in f the other of said positions, substantiallyas described.

. 9. In va phonograph, the-combinationr'of l a recordfsupport, a soundbox having 'af y stylus, means for producing a relative feed: ing movement betweensaid record support and soundbox, ya deviceforcontrolling the 1 feeding means and Astylus and lmovable to is held in inoperative position. and in the Stylus VSv ill .Operative position,l andV means with which said holding means cOaCi-,s to

yieldinglyloclr saiddevice in the other. of* i said two positions, substantiallyA ias described.

. :i051 Y l0. In a phonograph,.the.combination of 1' a record support, a sound box'fhaving ai Y stylus, means for producing a relative feed' v ing movement Vbeti'veen said soundf box vand saidrecord support', a device'mounted for' movement in onej direction'to render thel feeding means. inoperative and to effect movement of the stylus to inoperative position, and movable in the opposite direction to render the feedingineans operativeand to effect movement of the stylus to operative position, means constantly tending to hold said device at the limitof l its movement iny lv Y .one direction, and-means vwith which said vholding means coacts toiyieldingly lock said movement in the other directioinsubstanl tially as described.v

ll. lin' a. phonograph, the combination -of a record support, a sound boxV having a stylus, a support forsaid sound box, a, slide provided with a slot andv mounted -on saidl sound box support, means for producing a lrelative feeding movement between said sound box support and said record support,

iz'ol'.. device approximately at thev limit of itsv f' :said mezuxs comprisingv an element ycarried` Y by said, slide, a1memberfr0tatab1y mounted -on Said sound bex.support,and comprising an' eeeentrc pin engaging said slot, whereby it. is' adapted tomove said slide in one d-v Y rect-ion "t0-cause; said stylus to move awayl @51.10111l Said recordsupport andto cause said` @element ltomove into inoperative position,

'und @u resilienty member opposngsad movement lof said slide and eective 'to hold said 10 pin in engagement with one end of ysamdslot and thereby yeldngly loek said slide na given position,l substantially as described.

This specification signed this 18th Vday of March, 1918; Y g Y e JOHN l). CONSTABLE. 

